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The picture represents a protein in the stomach being broken down into individual amino acids.
A protein being broken down into individual amino acids.
Which is mixed with proteins to break them into amino acids?
villi
enzymes
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Enzymes.
Proteases (e.g., pepsin in the stomach, trypsin/chymotrypsin from the pancreas, and brush‑border peptidases) chemically break proteins into amino acids. Villi are finger‑like absorptive structures in the small intestine, not the molecules that do the breaking.
Proteases (e.g., pepsin in the stomach, trypsin/chymotrypsin from the pancreas, and brush‑border peptidases) chemically break proteins into amino acids. Villi are finger‑like absorptive structures in the small intestine, not the molecules that do the breaking.
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